Heine Outlines Shortcomings of Chile’s Constitutional Convention
“By altering established rules for lists of candidates for political parties and making them available to diverse groups of independents who answer to no one, the National Congress opened the doors to this disaster that was the Constitutional Convention.”
Storella & Nichols (MAIA ’23) Publish Op-Ed on U.S.-China Support of African Public Health
“Tensions between the world’s two largest powers will persist. But collaborative health projects in Africa could build bridges, advance shared goals and strengthen African countries’ health systems.”
Gallagher & Merling Argue for Issuance of Additional IMF SDRs
“Instead of making policymakers in poor countries feel that the U.S. has forgotten them, the U.S. can take the lead and pave the way for a new SDR allocation that ensures these countries quickly receive $210 billion worth of support.”
Heine Outlines the Doctrine of Active Non-Alignment
“Active Non-Alignment promotes greater political cooperation and regional integration in Latin America, as well as a closer relationship with Asia, the most dynamic area today.”
Gallagher and Kozul-Wright Call for Reform of Global Economic System
“Only through a mixture of dedicated domestic policies and strengthened international cooperation can we hope to reverse the deep-seated inequities of hyper globalization and deliver the UN’s sustainable development goals.”
Heine Comments on New Latin American “Pink Wave”
Ambassador Heine argues that as a second Cold War rears its head, a policy of Active Non-Alignment “may provide a useful guide to channel the foreign policies of Latin American nations, at a time of a changing international system, and as the region’s need to re-establish its presence in world affairs is especially urgent.”
Miller Publishes Column on Influence of BRI Recipient Countries
“Recipient countries matter tremendously and have agency because their geopolitical concerns and domestic interests can intersect to affect how well or poorly BRI functions in their country.”
Heine Publishes Op-Ed on Potential BRICS Expansion
“It is telling that in 2022 Argentina sees its future not in Old Europe or in the North Atlantic, but in the New South, embodied in the BRICS, and whose core is in the Asia-Pacific.”
Heine Publishes Op-ed on Upcoming Summit of the Americas
“Why does the U.S. treat ASEAN differently than Latin America? Because ASEAN acts jointly, which makes it a valid interlocutor with great projection.”
Heine & Ray Explore Troubling Lead-Up to Summit of the Americas
“The run-up to the IX Summit of the Americas shows that the zero-sum, exclusionary approach to the development challenges of the Americas initiated by the Trump administration and continued by Biden is a dead-end street.”
Heine Offers Insights on Upcoming Summit of the Americas
“Distorting the Summit of the Americas in this way, and transforming it into a kind of ‘club of friends’ of the government in power in Washington, harms not only the region, but also the basic principles of Pan-Americanism.”
Heine Publishes Op-Ed Advocating for Active Non-Alignment
“As the world stumbles towards the Second Cold War, developing nations realize that if they want to safeguard their autonomy, the last thing they need to do is to align themselves with either of the great powers.”
Hare Describes How Putin’s Foreign Policy Has Alienated Allies
“Putin has shown – particularly to China – that he is obsessed with restoring Russian control over Ukraine even if it means threatening the interests and good will of his allies and friends.”
Storella Comments on China’s Pragmatic Foreign Policy Strategy
“Beijing’s long-term strategic calculus on Russia likely will not change and Beijing will apply the same strategic patience, lack of remorse, and ultimate flexibility to Russia that has served it in the past.”
Hare Publishes Op-Ed on Ukraine Crises’ Impact on Florida
“Florida’s politicians need to assess the Ukraine issue in a broader historical context…Glib attempts to recast Putin as somehow aligned with America’s and Florida’s interests suggests a reckless case of amnesia.”
Shifrinson Explores Scenarios In Which West Escalates Conflict With Russia
Professor Shifrinson discusses how the West and Russia may now be entering into the terminal stages of an insecurity spiral that could produce a larger European conflagration.
Gallagher Argues for Reforms to IMF Capital-Flow Regulation
As the IMF board meets this month, Professor Gallagher argues that they should press for four reforms to the Fund’s capital-account policy to help member states mitigate financial instability.
Gallagher Argues That the World Needs a New Bretton Woods Moment
“Facing today’s intersectional economic, environmental and health crises and building a better tomorrow requires, according to the International Monetary Fund managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, ‘a new Bretton Woods moment.’ As we argue in our new book…she is right.”
Miller Publishes Op-Ed on India’s Nonalignment Amid Crisis in Ukraine
“New Delhi is uniquely positioned not just to shore up its own geopolitical position but also to prevent a deeply destabilizing and extremely violent conflict. India’s alternative, trying to avoid the crisis in order to maintain ‘strategic autonomy,’ won’t wash.”
Shifrinson Co-Authors Op-Ed on Global Crisis Generation
“Highly committed states, however weak, will do what they need to do to be heard and to be taken seriously when the stakes for them are perceived to be high, even existential.”